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C. 2000-700 BC. Luristan culture. A bronze battle axe with a horizontal, wedge-shaped blade, and cylindrical haft. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axes, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axes were common votive offerings in shrines. Excellent condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:116mm / W:147mm ; 355g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

c. 2000-1000 BC, Amlash culture. A rare bronze age axe head with straight blade, wedge-shaped cheek, reinforced, round socket and flanged butt featuring a cast figure of a sitting deer. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC, when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axe heads, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe head such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axe heads were common votive offerings in shrines. The Amlash culture refers to an assortment of historic materials and periods in Northern Iran, enduring for many centuries. Excellent condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand. Size: L:80mm / W:165mm ; 525g; Provenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1990s.

C. 2000-700 BC. Luristan culture. A huge bronze battle axe with a short, downward angled blade, wedge-shaped cheek, and hammerhead butt, allowing the user to deliver a powerful crushing attack. The cylindrical shaft is decorated with five horizontal ribs. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axes, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axes were common votive offerings in shrines. Excellent condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:88mm / W:326mm ; 1.95kg; Provenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market before 2000.

C. 2000-700BC, Luristan culture. A Luristan cast bronze mace head with a tubular shape and a protruding, compressed spheroid midsection. The upper portion of mace head, just anterior to the spheroid section tapers into a neck before flaring outwards. The lower section of the mace head is ornamented with a three raised bands and a gently flaring lower rim. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, maceheads spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. A macehead such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as maceheads were common votive offerings in shrines. Superb condition, mounted on custom-made stand.Size: L:123mm / W:42mm ; 410g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

c. 2000-1000 BC, Amlash culture. A rare bronze age axe head with short, curved blade, arching cheek, round socket, elongated shoulder and spiked butt. The upper part of the shoulder is ornamented with two male faces, each featuring a prominent nose, wide eyes and a full-lipped mouth, while at the bottom, a series of four horizontal ribs provide additional grip. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC, when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axe heads, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe head such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axe heads were common votive offerings in shrines. The Amlash culture refers to an assortment of historic materials and periods in Northern Iran, enduring for many centuries. Excellent condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand. Size: L:133mm / W:253mm ; 710g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

C. 2000-700 BC. Luristan culture. A huge bronze battle axe with a short, upward angled, slightly curved blade, wedge-shaped cheek, slightly bulging circular socket and hammerhead butt, allowing the user to deliver a powerful crushing attack. Ribbed decoration is visible on the side of the socket. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axes, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axes were common votive offerings in shrines. Excellent condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:69mm / W:299mm ; 1310g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

C. 3rd millennium BC. Indus Valley Civilisation. Cream-coloured pottery ram figure with painted black details, curved horns strong, expressive facial features and short, squat legs. The Indus Valley Civilisation was an important Bronze Age culture which arose in c. 3300 BC and lasted until c. 1300, though its heyday, to which this ceramic figurine belongs, was in the 3rd millennium BC. The animal may represent the leader of a herd, who is able to protect his followers, or it could be a reflection of the ram’s importance in religious sacrifice. Excellent condition. Size: L:80mm / W:130mm; 760g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

C. 2000-700 BC. Amlash culture. A bronze battle axe with a curved blade, tapering cheek, reinforced haft and circular socket. The upper and lower parts of haft are decorated with raised horizontal ribs. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axes, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axes were common votive offerings in shrines. The Amlash culture refers to an assortment of historic materials and periods in Northern Iran, enduring for many centuries. Excellent condition; on a custom stand.Size: L:58mm / W:145mm ; 360g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

C. 2000-700 BC, Luristan culture. A Luristan axe head with a short, curved, downwards facing blade, arched cheek, reinforced rounded poll with four spikes on the reverse which is fashioned into the shape of an animal, possibly a goat. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axe heads, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. A mace head such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as mace heads were common votive offerings in shrines. Good condition with a beautiful patina; mounted on custom-made stand.Size: L:88mm / W:162mm ; 525g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

2000-700 BC, Luristan culture. A cast bronze mace head with a tubular shape. The mace head is decorated with 12 rows of raised chevrons framed above and below by three raised bands. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, maceheads spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. A macehead such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as maceheads were common votive offerings in shrines. Superb condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand. Size: L:216mm / W:317mm ; 495g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

2000-700 BC, Luristan culture. Bronze macehead with spherical head, tapering shaft and flaring, circular aperture for the insertion of a wooden haft. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, maceheads, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. A macehead such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as maceheads were common votive offerings in shrines. Superb condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:70mm / W:54mm ; 305g; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

2000-700 BC, Luristan culture. Bronze axe head with a short blade, a tapering cheek, a long, cylindrical haft and a flattened, wedge-shaped butt. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axes, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axes were common votive offerings in shrines. Superb condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:175mm / W:152mm ; 395g; Provenance: Important London collection of Ancient art; formed in 1970s then passed by descent.

2000-700 BC, Luristan culture. Bronze axe head with an elongated, slightly curved blade, a tapering cheek, a short, cylindrical shaft covering and a wedge-shaped butt. Bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, axes, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. An axe such as this one would have been an important symbol of rank, and have served a purpose in warfare, but also in religious contexts as axes were common votive offerings in shrines. Superb condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:73mm / W:160mm ; 735g; Provenance: Important London collection of Ancient art; formed in 1970s then passed by descent.

400-300 BC. Southern Italian. Gnathian oinochoe with elongated spout, constricted neck, piriform body, ring base and high, ear-shaped handle. The exterior is painted black; several registers of painted decoration in cream and brown shades appear on the upper part of the body: these depict grapes and other foodstuffs, indicating the vase’s use for pouring wine. Gnathian vases are a subtype of ancient Apulian vase painting of the 4th century BC, named for the ancient city of Gnathia (now Egnazia) in Eastern Apulia. Gnathian vases are characterised by the application of different paints directly onto the glazed vase body. Common themes depicted include erotes, images from the life of women, theatre scenes and Dionysian motifs. These vessels would have been used both in domestic contexts and during religious rituals. Excellent condition.Size: L:200mm / W:90mm ; 235g; Provenance: From an important British collection of Mr. C.S.; originally acquired in the 1980s on the UK/European art markets.

400-300 BC. Southern Italian. Gnathian oinochoe with elongated spout, constricted neck, piriform body, ring base and high, ear-shaped handle. The exterior is painted black; several registers of painted decoration in cream and brown shades appear on the upper part of the body: these depict grapes and other foodstuffs, indicating the vase’s use for pouring wine. Gnathian vases are a subtype of ancient Apulian vase painting of the 4th century BC, named for the ancient city of Gnathia (now Egnazia) in Eastern Apulia. Gnathian vases are characterised by the application of different paints directly onto the glazed vase body. Common themes depicted include erotes, images from the life of women, theatre scenes and Dionysian motifs. These vessels would have been used both in domestic contexts and during religious rituals. Excellent condition.Size: L:190mm / W:80mm ; 235g; Provenance: From an important British collection of Mr. C.S.; originally acquired in the 1980s on the UK/European art markets.

400-300 BC. Southern Italian. Gnathian oinochoe with trilobate spout, constricted neck, piriform body, ring base and L-shaped handle. The exterior is painted black; several registers of painted decoration in cream and brown shades appear on the upper part of the body: these depict grapes and other foodstuffs, indicating the vase’s use for pouring wine. Gnathian vases are a subtype of ancient Apulian vase painting of the 4th century BC, named for the ancient city of Gnathia (now Egnazia) in Eastern Apulia. Gnathian vases are characterised by the application of different paints directly onto the glazed vase body. Common themes depicted include erotes, images from the life of women, theatre scenes and Dionysian motifs. These vessels would have been used both in domestic contexts and during religious rituals. Excellent condition; on a custom stand; Size: L:130mm / W:75mm ; 190g; Provenance: From an important British collection of Mr. C.S.; originally acquired in the 1980s on the UK/European art markets.

400-300 BC. Southern Italian. Gnathian mug with flaring neck, globular, ribbed body, applied loop handle, and ring base. The exterior is painted black; several registers of abstract painted decoration in a cream colour appear on the neck. Gnathian vases are a subtype of ancient Apulian vase painting of the 4th century BC, named for the ancient city of Gnathia (now Egnazia) in Eastern Apulia. Gnathian vases are characterised by the application of different paints directly onto the glazed vase body. Common themes depicted include erotes, images from the life of women, theatre scenes and Dionysian motifs. These vessels would have been used both in domestic contexts and during religious rituals. Excellent condition.Size: L:110mm / W:90mm ; 160g; Provenance: From an important British collection of Mr. C.S.; originally acquired in the 1980s on the UK/European art markets.

C. 300 BC. Southern Italian. A beautiful terracotta oinochoe with flaring trefoil rim, elongated neck, sloping shoulder, egg-shaped body, cylindrical stem and ring foot; an applied, ear-shaped handle joins the rim, rising up before descending to re-join the vessel at the shoulder. The neck and handle are painted black with cream-coloured ribbing on the neck. One side of the body presents vegetal motifs while the other shows a female figure in profile with carefully detailed eyes, small, pursed mouth and prominent nose; her elaborate coiffure is bejewelled, and she wears pendular earrings. A wave frieze runs below these scenes. This vessel would have been used for serving wine both in domestic contexts and during religious rituals. Excellent condition. Size: L:250mm / W:85mm ; 290g; Provenance: From an important British collection of Mr. C.S.; originally acquired in the 1980s on the UK/European art markets.

C. 386-534 AD. Northern Wei Dynasty. A buff-coloured brick featuring a standing Buddha within an arched recess, depicted in low relief. Buddha is depicted naked to the waist, with a flowing robe about his legs; his shoulders are draped with a light mantle. He can be identified by his characteristic topknot. In his fleshy hands is a flute, which he holds to his mouth. Buddha is often depicted with a flute in Buddhist art. The Northern Wei dynasty ruled northern China from c. 386 to 534 AD, and its most famous achievement was unifying a large empire following a long period social and political turbulence. However, craftsmen working under this dynasty were also responsible for beautiful works of art, many of a religious nature, as this brick exemplifies. Excellent condition; on a custom stand. Size: L:290mm / W:240mm ; 2.9kg; Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1980-90s on the UK and European art market.

ca. 4000 BC. Bactrian. Large cream-coloured alabaster bowl with a round base and curved sides and a thick, rounded rim. This elegant object may have been used to carry out ceremonies or make religious offerings to the gods. The vessel was carved from a monolith of calcite (alabaster) that is similar in colour and appearance to the stone commonly used by Egyptian sculptors for luxury tableware in the late 4th millennium B.C. Excellent condition; on a custom-made stand.Size: L:105mm / W:155mm ; 1.2kg; Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 on the UK and European art market.

C. 3rd millennium BC. Indus Valley. An creme-coloured ceramic figurine of a zebu with exaggerated crescent horns, painted with stripes to the horns, back and shoulders, and rondel eyes. The Indus Valley Civilisation was an important Bronze Age culture which arose in c. 3300 BC and lasted until c. 1300, though its heyday, to which this figurine belongs, was in the 3rd millennium BC. The bull, with its hump and powerful horns, is a recurring motif in the Indus Valley, appearing on painted pottery like this example but also on figurines and stamps. The animal may represent the leader of a herd, who is able to protect his followers, or it could be a reflection of the bull’s importance in religious sacrifice. Excellent condition. Size: L:95mm / W:130mm; ; 260g; Provenance: Property of a North London professional; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1980s.

1368-1850. Ming or Qing dynasty. A pottery head of Buddha in a taupe fabric with a yellow painted topknot (ushnisha), arched brow, heavily lidded, closed eyes, a bulbous nose, full, red lips, rounded chin and large, pendulous ears. Buddhism has been an important part of Chinese culture, religious life and art for centuries, as this beautiful piece exemplifies. Excellent condition; on a custom stand.Size: L:460mm / W:250mm ; 10.65kg; Provenance: Property of a central London Ancient Art Gallery; previously obtained from a British private collection formed before 2000.

Erik Nitsche (Swiss, 1908 - 1998) "Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's Graphic Design Painting" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Germany 60pf Karl Schmidt-Rottluff stamp issued November 8, 1984. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a German Expressionist Painter, 1884-1976. Up until 1910 Schmidt-Rottluff's paintings are characterized by the expressive energy of "flaming" forms and thickly applied paint. In 1911 his landscapes began to display an overwhelming calm. Details are subordinated to a larger structure, and there are strong contrasts between warm and cool colors which support simplified geometric shapes. During the purge of "degenerate art" in 1937-38, 608 of his works were confiscated from public collections in Germany, and he was forbidden to paint. During World War II, Schmidt-Rottluff served in the command post office on the Russian front and created wooden sculptures and religious woodcuts. He continued to paint throughout his lengthy life. Image Size: 12 x 14 in. Overall Size: 15 x 20 in. Unframed. (B09227)

Jacopo Vignali (Prato Vecchio 1592-1664 Florence)David with the Head of Goliath oil on canvas113.5 x 87.5cm (44 11/16 x 34 7/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Pennington Museum Treasures, Los Angeles, 1976Private Collection, CaliforniaExhibitedCalifornia State University, Northridge, California, Collection without walls: problems in connoisseurship, October - November 1976, curated by Dr Jean Luc Bordeaux (as by Cristofano Allori)This striking, freshly discovered depiction of David and Goliath has been independently proclaimed by the foremost authorities in their field to be a 'masterpiece' by Jacopo Vignali, one of Florence's leading artists of the early 17th century. We are grateful to Professor Francesca Baldassari for identifying this work on the basis of colour photographs as 'a masterpiece by Jacopo Vignali datable to around 1624 on the basis of other monogrammed and dated works by him of the period, such as the Drunkenness of Noah in the National Gallery in Prague' (see fig. 1). This is an opinion that was corroborated, furthermore, in a recently unearthed letter to the late owner, dated 3 July, 2003, from Professor Mina Gregori, that refers to this 'splendid painting with 'David with the head of Goliath'' of which 'I firmly think that the painter is Jacopo Vignali, one of the best Florentine painters of the XVII century.' With reference to the painting's prior attribution to Cristofano Allori, she writes that 'this painting is one of his [Vignali's] masterpieces.' Professor Gregori continues: 'You can recognise Vignali from the light, very different from Cristofano and more naturalistic, coming from different experiences: And the boy is his usual model.' Both the dramatic composition and outstanding quality of this work represents the height of Vignali's achievement as a representative of a school of painting that valued so highly the importance of disegno.The subject of David and Goliath has inspired some of the greatest works of art of all time, including Donatello's and Michelangelo's sculptures, which Vignali will have been familiar with in his native Florence. There the subject symbolised the courage and resilience of the small city state (and subsequent Grand Duchy) in the face of the larger rising nation states that surrounded it. Florence was all too aware of the threats that encompassed her and consequently David was a perfect symbol of the liberty and freedom of the Florentine people, capturing the unwavering courage, unexpected strength, and historic perseverance that they saw in themselves. Traditionally, David had been portrayed after his victory, triumphant over the slain Goliath. Florentine artists like Verrocchio, Ghiberti and Donatello all depicted their own version of David standing over Goliath's severed head; while Michelangelo and Donatello instead, chose to represent David before the battle. The account of the battle between David and Goliath is told in Book 1 Samuel. Saul and the Israelites were facing the Philistines near the Valley of Elah. Twice a day for 40 days, Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, came out between the lines and challenged the Israelites to send out a champion of their own to decide the outcome in single combat. Only David, a young shepherd, accepted the challenge. Saul reluctantly agreed and offered his armour, which David declined since it was too large, taking only his sling and five stones from a brook. David and Goliath thus confronted each other, David hurling a stone from his sling with all his might which hit Goliath in the centre of his forehead: Goliath fell on his face to the ground, and David then cut off his head. By vanquishing sin David had made Israel safe; his unwavering faith in the face of war, and his subsequent rough path to kingship marked him as a hero; he was further admired for his Psalms, while his righteousness and repentance were extolled consistently throughout the Renaissance and Baroque period. When Saul tried to kill David, not once but several times, David never returned such an attempt, possessing virtues which Italian princes desired for themselves. As a king, David was quick to administer justice to those who deserved it and quick to welcome in outcasts, such as Jonathan's lame son. He defended his kingdom rigorously and victoriously. As a man, David was favoured by God, talented, handsome, and he rose to power at a young age. He was the pre-cursor of Christ, and a symbol of pious perfection. David's image was the perfect commission for a prince of the Church wanting a constant reminder of faithfulness and redemption, or for a secular prince, wanting a public and readily recognizable symbol of power and fidelity.Jacopo Vignali trained under Matteo Rosselli, entering his studio in Florence around 1605 at the age of only thirteen; in 1616 he joined the Accademia del Disegno becoming an academician in 1622. Although Rosselli was to have a lasting influence on his pupil's oeuvre, Vignali gradually evolved his own style distinguished by dramatic light effects, rich colour, painterly technique and a particularly poetic and emotional interpretation of his subjects. His most famous pupil was Carlo Dolci, who was profoundly affected by the intensity of his religious works. Thus Vignali has himself here put a new contemporary interpretation on this subject, employing his and his fellow early seventeenth century Florentine's celebration of rich and colourful fabrics in the use of contemporary costume in depicting a biblical scene, along with the innovative pictorial drama that Caravaggio had recently made popular throughout Italy, and subsequently Europe. Caravaggio had himself treated the subject three times, between circa 1605 and 1610 in masterpieces which are now respectively in the Prado, Vienna and the Villa Borghese. The masterful way in which Vignali handles the paint, the remarkably delicate modelling of the flesh tones and the theatrical elegance of his simple composition illustrate not only Vignali's particular style, but also the broader trends within Florentine painting at the time. Unpublished until now, this canvas is a rare and significant addition to the oeuvre of Jacopo Vignali, who has been regarded as the foremost painter of the Florentine Seicento.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Josefa de Obidos (Seville 1630-1684 Obidos)The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine signed and dated 'Josepha de Ayalla 1647' (on wheel, lower right)oil on copper27.2 x 36.2cm (10 11/16 x 14 1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, UK, since at least 1981LiteratureJ.O.Caetano et al, Josefa de Óbidos and the Invention of the Portuguese Baroque, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, 2015, pp. 69-70This small devotional painting dates from a remarkably early period in Josefa de Ayalla's career as she would have been only 16 or 17 at the time it was painted. Clearly The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine was a successful composition for her as, in the catalogue of the 2015 exhibition of her work at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Joaquim Oliveira Caetano mentions that four versions are recorded (pp. 69-70). The whereabouts of two are known, one being in the collection of the MNAA, Lisbon, signed and dated 1647 (inv. 197 min), and the other in the National Museum of Soares dos Reis, Porto, signed, but undated (inv. 244 Pin). The Lisbon painting comes from the collection of King Luis I of Portugal and the version in Porto, from the Monastery of Santa Cruz de Coimbra. We know of two other paintings of this subject from early records. The 18th century art historian Cyrillo Wolkmar Machado mentioned a further copper dated 1647 which belonged, successively, to the collection of Gonçalo José Silveira Preto, then to the art dealer Francisco Cypriano and, in 1810, was sold to an English merchant (see Colleção de Memórias..., 1826, p. 62). Another painting on copper of this subject is referred to in the Catalogue Illustré de la Collection des Objects d'Art Qui Composent le Cabinet de Mr. Antoine Jos. Essingh, Cologne, 1865, p. 61, n. 276. As the current whereabouts of these last two works is unknown, it is possible that the present work corresponds with one of them. Born in Seville to a father who was himself a painter, Josefa moved back to Portugal with her family when she was four, settling in the small town of Óbidos, her father's birthplace. During her formative years as a painter she frequently based her compositions on engravings after earlier masters, the source of the present work being Titian's 1528 Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine painted for the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. It was engraved by Cornelis Cort in 1565 with the image inverted, as it appears in Josefa's painting.Her output encompassed still lifes in the manner of her father, as well as religious works and engravings, and she seems to have been as comfortable undertaking large altarpieces, such as the one commissioned for the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, as painting miniatures and small-scale devotional works on copper like the present Mystic Marriage. There is a noticeable influence of Zurburán's work both in the facial types Josefa employed and in the still life elements; indeed, she would have been familiar with his work as early inventories list several of his panels in the collection of her father and other family members.We are grateful to Joaquim Oliveira Caetano for his assistance in cataloguing this work.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RUSKIN (JOHN)Praeterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life [-Dilecta_ Correspondence, Diary Notes, and Extracts from Books, illustrating Praeterita], 31 original parts in 6 vol., FIRST EDITION, EXTENSIVELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED FOR CHARLES E. GOODSPEED WITH THE INSERTION OF 25 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY RUSKIN, 23 autograph letters and notes by contemporaries (including Turner), numerous sketches, photographs, cut signatures, annotated proof sheets, and upwards of 280 additional engravings and plates (some coloured), the collection comprising: i) Group of 25 autograph letters signed ('J. Ruskin', 'John Ruskin', 'J.R.') to various correspondents, including:'Darling Reille', an unknown child ('...although May is irresistible, And Alice is so bewitching – yet you were my first Love... ps Don't frizz the hair quite so high this time...'); Miss Rudkin, organising a spring dress for Arthur Severn's daughter whom he finds '...already tall enough – to become – a pretty costume, and refresh and refine my savage mind...'; an unknown recipient recalling an encounter with Charles Darwin ('...A couple of years ago, a man, Darwin was walking with me on my garden terrace and stopped to look at a strange form of (I forget what) flower. – 'Now – why is that shaped so' – he said. Why should you want to know? I answered – Oh – he said, laughing – but with the perfectly frank expression of a man partly ashamed of a weakness – 'I always want to know' – 'And I never do.' – ended this 'discussion' in that direction – and we went into lunch...'); Charles Newton on his engagement to Effie Gray ('...I believe indeed that it is every way better for me that I should marry... Miss Gray is a good girl... will be a very noble creature – and far above my deservings...'); another to Newton (speaking of his recent trip to Europe ('...that vast blunder St Peters...'), the effect of political feeling on architecture, hoping to 'get out of Jephson's clutches' soon to show him some architectural drawings completed in Italy); the Revd A. Tighe Gregory (mentioning his nervous condition '...the most trivial matter will sometime sicken and sting me...', his debt to Turner for art and Carlyle for literature and marvelling how they, like him 'should be irreligious' but that he is open to 'all influences'); Lady Naesmyth (sending copies of verses by Rose La Touche, despairing she has gone to Ireland and may not love him when she returns); four to his friend and neighbour at Brantwood, Susan Beever, including a highly personal undated letter regarding '...that wretched child...' [Rose La Touche], complaining of her evangelism and his frustration ('...a husband can always say a little word for himself – whereas a poor, servile – wretch of an old lover... she I verily believe is like to be in mortal illness as not – and vowing I shan't come near her unless I swear first that I don't care to! – and only love God. And of course I can't & won't do anything of the sort – I don't love anything but her in the whole universe – and she leads me the life to Tantalus & Prometheus Vinctus in one...'); another illustrated with a sprig of blossom written three days after her death ('...I've just heard that my poor little Rose is gone when the hawthorn blossoms go... just left the second number of Proserpine to be printed – there are many little things going to be said in it, which nobody but she would have understood... I have been long prepared so you need not be anxious about me...'); and another including a delicate drawing of moss ('...all in stars as close as that – it takes such a dreadful time to paint...'); and Thomas Carlyle discussing the use of colour in Greek sculpture ('...if colour will make Greek endurable – it will make Gothic glorious...'); others include a note to Dante Gabriel Rossetti arranging a meeting, another refusing an invitation to dine at Mr D'Israeli's, to his physician Henry Jephson, to Hale White regarding his paper on Byron and to Henry Jowett regarding the publication of Praeterita, c.52pp in all, 8vo, Denmark Hill, Brantwood, Leamington Spa, Perth etc., c.1841-1889 where dated. ii) Illustrations, including a copy of John Ruskin's self portrait of c.1861, head and shoulders, wearing a black neckerchief, pencil and watercolour, in an unknown hand, image 155 x 125mm.; a sketch map of Oxford depicting the town and colleges, in ink, with monogram ('JR') on reverse of a printed prospectus for Robert Taylor Pritchett's Brush-Notes in Holland, 183 x 240mm.; two fine pen and ink vignettes of hawthorn blossom and moss; and sketch of a dog by John Brown entitled 'orat plorat et adorat', 85 x 65mm.; together with numerous printed plates and engravings including landscapes, architecture and portraits.iii) Some 23 autograph letters by others including J.M.W. Turner (arranging for James Lennox of New York '...to view the work of art at Denmark Hill Slave Ship...'), Ruskin's father John James Ruskin, George Cruikshank, Giulia Grisi (signed musical quotation from Verdi's Il Trovatore), his physician Dr Henry Jephson, John Brown (3), George Allen, Charles Eliot Norton (from whom Goodspeed received Ruskin's autograph), J. A. Froude, Joan Ruskin Severn, Thomas Carlyle, Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Walter Scott, Mary Carlyle (to Robert Browning regarding her uncle's funeral), and Lord Egremont; with others regarding the publication of Praeterita, additional photographs and cut signatures.iv) Printer's proof sheets of Chapter XI Volume 2 with corrections and annotations by Ruskin in black ink., bound at the end of volume 2.Footnotes:AN IMPORTANT EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET WITH 25 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY RUSKIN, ASSEMBLED BY AND BOUND FOR THE EMINENT RUSKIN COLLECTOR CHARLES E. GOODSPEED OF BOSTON.Praeterita, the story of Ruskin's early life, was published in 28 parts at intervals from July 1885 to July 1889 when ill-health took its toll on the author and the series remained unfinished: '...Praeterita is a delightful work, a rewriting of Ruskin's life that makes it unreliable as a source of biographical fact, yet an accurate portrait of the author's mind...' (Robert Hewison, ODNB). This finely-bound set of Praeteritia is the result of a collaboration in the early years of the twentieth century between Ruskin's friend and literary executor, the American Charles Eliot Norton, who supplied the parts (as evidenced by the ownership inscriptions on the bound-in wrappers), and the eminent Ruskin collector, bibliophile and bookseller Charles E. Goodspeed, who organised the extra material and binding, supplying much of it from his own extensive collection.The extra material Goodspeed carefully chose to include in this edition is not organised in exact chronological order but fitted in where deemed appropriate to fit the text, and includes several important autograph letters by Ruskin amongst the wealth of material. Although some of the letters are marked in pencil presumably for the purposes of publication, most are apparently unpublished, with one particularly revealing letter bearing the pencilled note 'Rosie... perhaps too 'intime' to print?...'. Goodspeed has indeed selected some particularly personal letters for inclusion, several relating to his relationships with young girls, one to Charles Newton for example enthuses about his engagement to Effie Gray ('...far above my deservings...'), and another to his close friend and neighbour at Brantwood, Susan Beever, where, in a highly intimate letter, he complains of '...that wretched child...' (presumably the deeply religious Rose La To... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Josef Eberz 1880 Limburg an der Lahn - 1942 München Tänzerin (Beatrice Mariagraete). 1923. Öl auf Leinwand. Links unten signiert und datiert. 158 x 78,5 cm (62,2 x 30,9 in). • Subtiles, feinfühliges Porträt der bekannten Varieté-Tänzerin. • Seltenes großformatiges, ganzfiguriges Bildnis im Schaffen des Künstlers. • Von berühmten Vorbildern wie Paul Cézanne und Pablo Picasso inspiriertes Motiv. • Neben zahlreichen religiösen Motiven im Werk von Eberz entstehen um 1920 wenige Gemälde aus der Welt von Cabaret, Tanz und Zirkus. Wir danken Herrn Franz Josef Hamm, Limburg/Lahn, für die wissenschaftliche Beratung. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, München (auf dem Keilrahmen mit dem fragmentierten Etikett). Privatsammlung Norddeutschland. AUSSTELLUNG: Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33, Tate Modern, London, 7.7.2018-14.7.2019, S. 73-74 (mit Farbabb.). LITERATUR: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Bd. 54, 1924, S. 190 (ganzseitige Farbabb. S. 184). Ketterer Kunst, München, 368. Auktion, 12.7.2010, Los 17 (mit Abb.). Im München der 1920er Jahre lernt Josef Eberz die aus Wien stammende Tänzerin kennen, die bereits zahlreiche Engagements durch Deutschland geführt hatten. In München tritt sie mit der 'Münchner Tanzgruppe' in wechselnden Rollen auf - so porträtiert sie Eberz 1925 ein weiteres Mal als melancholische Balletttänzerin im weißen Tutu (Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Bd. 57, 1925, S. 28). Eine leise Melancholie und In-sich-Gekehrtheit umfängt auch ihr früheres Porträt im Harlekin-Kostüm, das in seiner schwarz-weißen Musterung jedoch mehr an dessen poetischere Gegenfigur des Pierrot aus der französischen Theatertradition erinnert. Berühmte Vorbilder wie Paul Cézanne und Pablo Picasso hatten die Welt der Gaukler und Komödianten in den Blick genommen, die - wie die Künstler selbst oft auch - eine Existenz jenseits bürgerlicher Normen und Vorstellungen führten. Die geschlossenen Augen und der sanft geneigte Kopf verleihen der grazilen Tänzerin den Ausdruck der Entrücktheit und lassen den Betrachter rätseln, welcher inneren Melodie sie wohl gerade lauscht. In reduzierter Palette inszeniert Eberz die vom weiten Gewand umhüllte Figur, die sich trotz ihrer stehenden Pose in eleganter, kaum merklicher Bewegung befindet. Spannungsreich kontrastiert ebenso die Starrheit des grafischen Musters ihrer Kostümierung mit dessen weichen, fließenden Formen und den geschwungenen Linien der weißen Bluse. Die harmonische Reduktion der Farbigkeit und der zurückgenommenen Pose verleihen dem Gemälde darüber hinaus seine feine Subtilität und den empfindsamen psychologischen Ausdruck. [KT] Aufrufzeit: 12.12.2020 - ca. 17.55 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.ENGLISH VERSIONJosef Eberz 1880 Limburg an der Lahn - 1942 München Tänzerin (Beatrice Mariagraete). 1923. Oil on canvas. Lower left signed and dated. 158 x 78.5 cm (62.2 x 30.9 in). • Subtle, sensitive portrait of the well-known variety dancer. • Large-format, full-length portraits are rare in the artist's work. • Motif inspired by famous artists like Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso. • In addition to numerous religious motifs in Eberz's work, a few paintings from the world of cabaret, dance and circus were created around 1920. We are grateful to Mr. Franz Josef Hamm, Limburg/Lahn, for his kind expert advice. PROVENANCE: Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Munich (stretcher with fragments of a label). Private collection Northern Germany. EXHIBITION: Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33, Tate Modern, London, July 7, 2018 - July 14, 2019, pp. 73-74 (with color illu.). LITERATURE: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 54, 1924, p. 190 (with full-page color illu. on p. 184). Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 368th auction, July 12, 2010, lot 17 (with illu.). Josef Eberz met the dancer from Vienna, who had already performed in numerous shows all over Germany in Munich in the 1920s, where she appeared in different roles with the 'Münchner Tanzgruppe' - Eberz portrayed her again as a melancholicballet dancer in a white tutu in 1925 (Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 57, 1925, p. 28). A slight melancholy and introspection also surrounds her in the earlier portrait in a harlequin costume, which, forits black and white pattern is more reminiscent of the more poetic counter-figure Pierrot from French theater. Famous artistslikePaul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso were fascinated bythe world of jugglers and comedians, who - like in many cases the artists themselves - led an existence beyond bourgeois norms and ideas. The closed eyes and the gently tilted head give the graceful dancer the expression of remoteness and leave the viewer puzzled as to which inner melody she is listening to. In a reduced palette, Eberz stages the figure wrapped in a wide robe, which, despite its standing pose, is in elegant, barely noticeable movement. The rigidity of the graphic pattern of her costume contrasts with its soft, flowing forms and the curved lines of the white blouse. The harmonious reduction of the colors and the withdrawn pose also give the painting its fine subtlety and sensitive psychological expression. [KT] Called up: December 12, 2020 - ca. 17.54 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.

Dorothy Newsome [later Newsome-Glenn] (1900-1980), Two illuminated religious texts, each illustrated with a Modernist / Art Deco depiction of a fish, one framed under glass, together with a children's book "The Bushy Tail Family" illustrated by Kathleen Nixon, with manuscript dedication within, dated 1963, In the late 1920s Newsome and fellow artist Kathleen Irene Nixon [who she met while studying book illustration at the Birmingham School of Art] were commissioned by the Oxford University Press to visit India and produce a series of drawings. While there, the Indian State Railways also commissioned them to design tourism posters, for which Newsome, and her colourful style, is most well-known.

Grayson Perry CBE RA (British, b.1960). 'Queen of Diamonds', limited edition digital print on Giclee Hahnemuhle Pearl paper. Signed and numbered A/P (artists proof). From an addition size of 2. Sheet size 61 x 42.5cm. Grayson Perry is an English contemporary artist. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British ""prejudices, fashions and foibles"".Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as ""Claire"", his female alter-ego, and ""Alan Measles"", his childhood teddy bear, often appear.Perry has had solo exhibitions at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, at the Barbican Centre, the British Museum and Serpentine Gallery in London, at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. His work is held in the permanent collections of the British Council and Arts Council, Crafts Council, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003. In 2008 he was ranked number 32 in The Daily Telegraph's list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". In 2012, Perry was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artworkthe Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album coverto celebrate the British cultural figures of his life. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Michael Foreman (British). 'Jack of Hearts', watercolour on paper, signed. Image size 23.5 x 16.5cm. Michael Foreman was born in Suffolk in 1938 and grew up near Lowestoft. He studied at Lowestoft Art School, and at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. His first children's book was published while he was still a student.After completing his studies, he travelled all over the world, making films and television commercials and doing hundreds of sketches which he later used as the inspiration for many of his books. Before becoming a full-time author and illustrator, he lectured at various Schools of Art.He has illustrated books by authors such as Dickens, Shakespeare, The Brothers Grimm, Roald Dahl and Rudyard Kipling, has designed Christmas stamps for the Post Office, and regularly contributes illustrations to American and European magazines.Michael Foreman also writes and illustrates his own books. He enjoys writing about earlier periods of history, including conflict and war, in books such as War Boy: A Country Childhood (1989), War Game (1993), and After The War Was Over (1995). The latter is about the soldiers of the First World War, was shortlisted for a Kate Greenaway Medal and won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award 6-8 years category and overall winner) in 1993. His latest books are The Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure (2009), A Child's Garden: A Story of Hope (2009), Why the Animals Came to Town (2010) and The Tortoise and the Soldier (2015). He has twice been nominated for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for his contribution as a children's illlustrator, first in 1988 and again in 2010. Many of Michael Foreman's books also feature Cornwall, where he lives when not in London. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

David Shrigley OBE (British, b.1968). 'Ace of Clubs'. Paint on card, signed 'D.Shrig' and dated verso. 30 x 21cm. David John Shrigley OBE is a British visual artist. He lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for 27 years before moving to Brighton, England in 2015.As well as authoring several books, he directed the video for Blur's Good Song and also for Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's Agnes, Queen of Sorrow. In 2005 he designed a London Underground leaflet cover. Since 2005, he has contributed a cartoon for The Guardian's Weekend magazine every Saturday.[16] Other projects have included the album Worried Noodles (Tom Lab, 2007) where musicians interpret his writings as lyrics, including collaborations by David Byrne, Hot Chip, and Franz Ferdinand.Recent notable solo exhibitions include Animate, Turku Art Museum, Finland (2011); Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts, Glasgow, Scotland (2010); New Powers, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany (2009); David Shrigley, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2008); Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (2008); Everything Must Have a Name, Malmö Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden (2007) and David Shrigley, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland (2006).Shrigley's sculpture Really Good was installed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth plinth in September 2016 until March 2018. The bronze cast of a fist with an out-of-proportion thumbs-up was the winning commission for the Fourth Plinth Project, which has been inviting artists since 1999 to make a proposal for the empty plinth, originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV that was never made. I made a drawing of an elongated thumb that said everything is good and I wrote some text that sounded like some sort of weird political satire: If we make this sculpture, we can make the world a better place through some kind of self–fulfilling prophecy.”In 2019, he designed the yellow and red card of the AS Velasca.Shrigley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to visual arts. www.davidshrigley.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Steven Ling (British, b.1966). '4 of Spades'. Acrylic and felt tip pen on paper, signed, titled and dated September 2020 verso. 28.5 x 20.5cm. Steven Ling graduated in July 2000 from The Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art. His work is essentially formalist with a regard for aesthetic in its basis, and amalgamates the elements of arrangement of form, texture, colour and surface quality. In many of his works the influence of abstract expressionism is his starting point, with his own responses and sensitivity shaping the works progress towards its point of resolution. In June 2001 Steven completed a year of the artist commission to design the planting for three flowerbeds in Jubilee Gardens, Bracknell, Berkshire. He has work in the collections of Frimley Park Hospital, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Rushmoor Borough Council and in private collections in the United Kingdon, Australia, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland and the USA. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Ade Adesina (Nigerian, b.1980). '9 of Spades / Another Life', limited edition lino cut print. Signed and numbered 6/30. 101.3cm x 41.5cm. Ade Adesina, born in Nigeria 1980, is currently a full time Artist based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Studied printmaking at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Royal Scottish Academician, member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Art, The London Group and Associate Member Royal Society of Painter-printmakers. Past Artist in Residence at Eton College & Glasgow Print Studio. My work is a visual commentary around the ideas of ecology and our ever-changing world. I am fascinated by how the human footprint is affecting our planet. Our world is full of wonderful landscapes and I wish to highlight the continual damage caused through things such as deforestation, the politics of energy consumption, and endangered wild species. I am a traditional printmaker, painter and sculptor with modern twist; I work with mostly woodcarving, linocut, etching, and oil. I combine my African cultural roots with the British culture, producing work that makes people reflect on the past, present and the future. My practice is influenced by my experiences of travel and the imagery that I encounter. Recently I spent time in Italy, Nigeria, Scottish Islands and Germany, immersing myself in different cultures and collecting a variety of imagery to use in my next body of work. I enjoy researching and visualising the differences between countries both historically and culturally. My ideas come from the new places Ive visited and I source information from documentaries and current affairs. www.adeadesina.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Sue Munson (British). '5 of Hearts', mixed media on card. Signed verso. 28.5 x 19cm. The preparation of the support I am working on is very much part of the whole. I go into my studio find canvas, paper or board, mix my paint, and with sketch book open I go for it. I start putting down random marks, scraping back, and layering until I reach the point when my mind takes over and I start editing and making deliberate marks. This process prepares my work for the final stage.I have largely been influenced by the artistic movement of the 20th Century which comprised diverse styles and techniques with the emphasis on the artists freedom to convey attitude and emotions through non traditional means. During the eighties and nineties I studied Contemporary art and textile embroidery in Canada and the United States. I contributed to magazines of the day and formed my own Company producing beautiful needlework kits based on 19th century Berlin Wool Work. On returning to England I continued studying at Guildford College. During the the mid 90’s the switch was made to art. I have found the principles of design helped tremendously in making art my principal discipline. Over the years I have continued to study and experiment with my work at St.Ives School of Art, The Royal Academy, and Chelsea College of Art. All of these fine institutions have fed my passion for experimental work and continuous learning, for which I am a great advocate. www.suemunson.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Jan Kevan-Marcello. '7 of Hearts'. Mixed media on canvas. Signed. 35.5 x 29cm. "Although always a lover of the arts, I am a relative newcomer, and came to creating art later in life. Starting with drawing, then graduating to acrylic, watercolour, and different forms of mixed media. My joy is in the creative process. I love experimenting with different materials, colours and textures. I am never disappointed, even with failures, believing you learn more by mistakes and it also increases the joy when you finally produce a successful piece of artwork. My inspiration comes from fellow humans, the beauty of our surroundings especially the colour and shape of flowers and architectural form. I have exhibited and sold paintings in London and Barbados, and attend regular art sessions and workshops in both countries."Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Jackie Berridge (British). 'Jack of Clubs', acrylic on board. Signed and dated 2020 verso. 50 x 40cm. Jackie Berridge graduated in 1995 from Nottingham Trent (BA Fine Art (Hons)) and completed an MA in Children's Book Illustration (2007) at the ARU. Solo shows include 'Unnatural Selection', Derby Museum & Art Gallery (2002), 'Perfume and Savages', Lakeside Arts Centre Nottingham (2014) and 'Lost' at the Rabley Gallery, Marlborough (2017). Groups shows include ENIA GALLERY, Athens, Back to basics: Painting 2018, 'When All is Said...and Done', Angus Hughes Gallery, London (2018), 'The Darkness of Light', Heyri KeumSan Gallery (Seoul, Korea). Awards include Rabley SKETCH 2013 main prize (2013) , and Nottingham Castle Group Open (2017) and the Threadneedle Prize (2016). A fully funded 3-week residency to Baroda, India to work with one UK and 8 Indian artists included an exhibition and presentation (2019). Jackie had a solo exhibition 'Living Rooms' at The Angelus Gallery and was Artist in Residence at the Winchester Boys School (Sept/Oct 2019). Jackie chose to make a playful interpretation of the Jack of Clubs, inspired by Alice in Wonderland and the paintings of Yoshitomo. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Lemn Sissay MBE (British, b.1967). '4 of Hearts'. Pen on paper. Signed. Sheet size 21 x 29.5cm. LEMN SISSAY MBE is a BAFTA nominated International prize winning writer. He was awarded an MBE for services to literature by The Queen of England, The Pen Pinter Prize and a Points of Light Award from The Prime Minister.Lemn Sissay has written publications with Canongate, Oberon, Bloomsbury Bloodaxe and Faber and Faber. And many other writings: plays poetry, articles introductions to publication like The Moth collection to articles for The Guardian. emn Sissay has been turning commissioned poems into Landmarks since 1994. From The Royal Children’s Hospital to The Turner Art Gallery in Margate His poems are tattooed onto the body of his world. His work can be found in the Royal Festival Hall of London England to The British Council Offices in Addis Ababa, the streets of Manchester to a University in Huddersfield. His poem ‘Gilt of Cain’ in The City of London was unveiled by Bishop Desmond Tutu.His memoir, My Name Is Why, is published by Canongate in 2019.Lemn’s Desert Island Discs on BBC radio 4 was chosen as Pick of the Year. Sissay has presented BBC radio documentaries on WH Auden, JB Priestley, Bob Marley, The Last Poets and Gil Scott Heron to name a few. Lemn Sissay’s Homecoming was nominated for a Palm D’or. www.lemnsissay.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Grayson Perry CBE RA (British, b.1960). 'Queen of Diamonds', limited edition digital print on Giclee Hahnemuhle Pearl paper. Signed and numbered 1/2. From an addition size of 2. Sheet size 61 x 42.5cm."Grayson Perry is an English contemporary artist. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British ""prejudices, fashions and foibles"".Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, and ""Alan Measles"", his childhood teddy bear, often appear.Perry has had solo exhibitions at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, at the Barbican Centre, the British Museum and Serpentine Gallery in London, at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. His work is held in the permanent collections of the British Council and Arts Council, Crafts Council, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003. In 2008 he was ranked number 32 in The Daily Telegraph's list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". In 2012, Perry was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artworkthe Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album coverto celebrate the British cultural figures of his life.Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Soraya French (Iranian, b.1957). '8 of Hearts / Lilies on Threadbare Indian Cloth'. Mixed media on card. Signed with intials lower left. Image size 42 x 30cm. Award winning contemporary artist Soraya French combines a successful exhibiting career with writing books as well as contributing articles to the UK's leading art publication 'The Artist' magazine and carrying out occasional experimental workshops both at home and abroad. The success of her art books commissioned by HarperCollins and Batsford have brought her international acclaim. Soraya's publications to date include, 30 minute Acrylics, Dynamic Acrylics, Expressive Painting in Mixed Media, Contemporary Landscapes in Mixed Media and Learn Acrylics Quickly.Soraya is currently the president of The Society of Women Artists and curates their annual exhibition at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London.Soraya works in all painting media but is particularly known for her expressive and colourful mixed media paintings. Use of vibrant colours, light and expressive textures are prominent features of her work. The ambiguity and evocative quality in her paintings leaves something for the viewer's imagination. She has been the recipient of a number of prestigious art awards in the last few years and her work is held in many private and public collections both at home and abroad.Soraya's studio is located at Project Workshops (www.project-workshop.co.uk) in Quarley Hampshire, where she works and runs occasional two day experimental workshops. A selection of her paintings and prints can be viewed at the studio gallery by appointment and at their two open studio weekends in May and December. For details of workshops and forthcoming events and exhibitions please visit www.sorayafrench.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Nana Shiomi RE (Japanese / British, b.1956). 'Two of Diamonds / Girls are Diamonds - Dedicated to the all Runaway Girls'. Limited edition woodcut print. Signed, titled and numbered 13/30. Image size 82 x 58cm. Folded and rolled. I started painting in oils at the age of fourteen, and soon developed an interest in contemporary art when I attended a seminar on Marcel Duchamp at Tama Art University, Tokyo. The concepts of Duchamp's work such as- art can be multiple, art can be ready-made, art and language and art as performance, seemed to me to be the very essence of contemporary art. I was profoundly attracted to pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Jasper Jones. And at the age of 20, I grew interested in the concept of hanga (prints). A prerequisite of prints is the fact that plate and print are always opposite configurations. I soon encountered dualistic principles everywhere, such as- right and left, top and bottom, East and West, man and woman and so on. It is no mere coincidence that since then most of my work is composed of two opposing sides, right and left. I also instinctively chose to work in water-based woodcuts. The fact that I chose the traditional woodcut technique- using the baren to spread the water-based ink and let it soak into the Japanese paper- as the means with which to communicate my intent was an integral element in determining my style. www.nanashiomi.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Peggy Cozzi (British). '9 of Clubs / Oxalis'. Water mixable oil paint on sized Bockingford 300gsm paper. Titled, signed and dated 2020 verso. 41 x 31cm. Peggy Cozzi is an abstract painter based in Dorset. She studied Fine Art painting at Portsmouth Polytechnic and completed a Fine Art MA at the Arts University Bournemouth in 2014. She has undertaken solo and collaborative exhibitions, residencies and curatorial projects in the UK. Her work is held in private and corporate collections in Europe, USA, Australia and Asia.Statement: My work focuses on process and media and an interplay between gesture and colour. I am interested in how the medium of paint can evoke imaginative responses and psychological states; images grow out of the process and my interaction with the materials, I follow a journey with the painting to a point where colour and mark begin to trigger emotive associations, where the paint appears at once tactile and concrete yet simultaneously having the potential for illusion and the capacity to draw on the unconscious. Website: peggycozzi.weebly.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Jennie Jewitt-Harris (British, b.1962). '9 of Hearts', acrylic and oil on canvas, signed. Image size 41.5 x 29cm. Jennie Jewitt-Harris gained her PhD in Fine Art from Brighton University/UCA and her Medical degree at King’s College, London. Jennie had two artworks selected for the 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018, completed a residency at Watts Artists Village, and her works are in private collections nationwide. Her solo exhibitions include In Residence at Watts Contemporary Gallery, Fideles Oculi at C&C Gallery, London; Time and Vision at One Paved Court, London and Anything But the Eyes at James Hockey Gallery, Farnham (this exhibition moves to The Mirror Gallery at South Hill Park in February 2021). She has exhibited in many group exhibitions, including at the London Art Fair and Affordable Art Fair, at the Cultural Olympiad in 2012, and as a duo with Aimee Jewitt-Harris at Blah Blah and Tandem at the Poly Gallery Falmouth. Jennie uses her knowledge of psychology and medicine to inform her practice which considers our relationship with time, connection with others and what makes us who we are, using a variety of media mainly collage and painting. She has appeared with her artworks on Great British Railway Journeys and has permanent photographic works on display at Guys Hospital and The Royal Free Hospital. Her artworks have been published by the British Medical Journal, The Psychologist and The Ophthalmologist magazines. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.Jennie combines her art practice with her role as Founder and CEO of Transplant Links. www.jenniejh.co.uk.

Sean Jefferson (British, b.1957). '3 of Hearts'. Graphite and coloured crayon on paper. Image size: 28.4 x 25.3cm. Sheet size: 42.3 x 28.7cm. Signed and dated. The 3 of Hearts: This card is similar to the 3 of Cups in the Tarot. Cups are the archetypal feminine suit. This image celebrates the triple goddess of the ancient luna belief systems - three phases of a woman personified (virgin, mother, wise woman). In this representation there is no reference to age, more as in the esoteric Christian symbolism of the 3 Marys. My work is grounded in accurate delineation of animals and plants, having studied Zoology and Botany at Imperial College as part of my degree in Microbiology, combined with automatic drawing, learnt as a teenager under the instruction of a renowned spiritualist medium. I have been influenced by Surrealism, the surrealistic precision period. Fin de Siecle Symbolism and the occult philosophy behind it. Ruralism, having spent time and exhibiting with the Ruralists whilst living in Cornwall. The Victorian 'proto surrealism' of Richard Dadd, John Anster Fitzgerald and Lewis Carol, and more generally by William Blake and the Ancients, I currently live and work in Samuel Palmer's 'Golden Valley' (The Darenth Valley, Kent). Early in my career I had one person solo exhibitions in London (Mill Lane Gallery, Talisman Fine Art), Moscow (A3 Gallery), Amsterdam (Jester Gallery). I have exhibited as a 'Friend of the Ruralists', The South West Academy and the R.A Summer Show. More recently I have been exhibiting at the BADA, Olympia and LAPADA Art and Antiques Fairs, with Clerkenwell Fine Art and latterly with Kaye Michie Fine Art. In December of this year I am to have my first solo exhibition in over fifteen years with David Messum at his Gallery in Bury Street, St James's London. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Hannah Kokoschka (British). '4 of Clubs', pen on paper. Signed and dated 2020 verso, sheet size 36 x 26cm. Central Saint Martin's trained, Hannah Kokoschka is a free lance paper engineer. Having designed an extremely successful pop-up card range (which became a huge hit at the Tate), Hannah continues to develop her pop-up card ranges working with publishing companies along with working on bespoke design projects. These include designing pop-up business cards, books, window displays, pop-up logo's, advertisements through to bespoke stationery.With a passion for city culture, Hannah has built on this enthusiasm to focus on creating art installations along with beautifully paper-engineered and laser-cut, pop-up cards and books. Made using the finest quality papers, London based designer, Hannah creates designs appropriate for any brand, occasion or individual.Clients have included: Tate, Tate Modern & Tate Britain, 2 to Tango, Jo Loves (Jo Malone), IPC Media, Firebox, Clarion communications, Delonghi, MG, The National Youth Theatre, Ideas tap, Little Tiger Press, Indish, House of Illustration, Create advertising, Frivoli, Lovely & British, ao textiles, Lassco, Zandra Rhodes FTM, Jennifer Young Skincare, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Book&Kitchen, Central Health Physiotherapy, Phototheatre, Forgetfulmr, Transplantlinks, Lovebox, Greenwich Discovery Centre...www.hannahkokoschka.comTransplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Anthony Frost (British, b.1951). '10 of Diamonds'. Acrylic and printing ink on arches paper, signed, titled and dated verso, 18 x 13cm. Anthony Frost, the son of Sir Terry Frost, was born in St Ives, Cornwall. Between 1970 and 1973 he studied at the Cardiff College of Art acheiving a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. Since then he has lectured on his subject at Falmouth School of Art, Canterbury School of Art, University of East London, Anglia University and served on the Devon County Advisory team at the Torquay Foundation Centre. He has been artist in residence at the Cyprus School of Art, Cyprus, Montmiral School of painting, Tarn, France and was Judge and Organiser at the Seven Celtic Artists Exhibition, Finnistere, France.Anthony has been working in Cornwall since he graduated from Cardiff College of Art and lives deep within the West Penwith rural landscapes of Rosemergy, near Morvah on the Atlantic coast. He is an active member of the well recognised artistic community of Penwith and exhibits regularly with the Newlyn Society of Artists.Music has always been an important part of Frost's creativity and has been an inspiration for many years; more recently his personal artistic language has developed alongside the music he listens to in his studio. He has always believed music to be the ultimate artform and says that he has been inspired far more strongly by musicians than by other artists.Over the years Anthony's work has been exhibited at many of the major galleries in the UK and he has had solo exhibitions in London, Canterbury, Hull, Newlyn, Cambridge, Jersey and Gutersloh in Germany.Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Emma D'Arcey (British). 'Ace of Diamonds', mixed media. 29.7 x 21cm. Emma's design practice focuses on pushing the boundaries and breaking the rules of the traditional art of marbling. Her textile design background includes a masters from CSM. Having spent the last 15 years designing for fashion, retail, haute-couture and interior markets she has sold her designs and created her own product ranges. Clients include Hermès Peris, Stella McCartney, Aveda, Liberty, Zoffany, Avenida, V&A and Gainsborough Silk weavers. Emma is also co-founder of ao textiles, a specialist consultancy, founded to further research and develop textiels in a more sustainable way. www.emmadarcey.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Karen Marks (British). 'Ten of Spades (Jus' Keep Swimmin'). Ceramic mounted on driftwood, with markers mark. 19cm H x 18 5cm W x 5cm D. I am a ceramic artist, and I work with porcelain. I create flowing abstract sculptures, inspired by the colours, movement and energy of the sea and the coast, aiming to evoke feelings from time spent at the coast. I make my own shades of coloured porcelain by adding oxides, which I then throw with white porcelain.For this wonderful charity auction, I decided to combine my coloured clay with my drawings, and interpret the ten of spades in a different way!I graduated from the University for The Creative Arts in Farnham with a BA (Hons) in Ceramics. I am a Member of the Society for Designer Craftsmen and West Forest Potters in Berkshire and also London Potters. My work has been exhibited around the UK, including at the Oxo Tower Wharf and Mall Galleries in London, and I regularly exhibit at Art in Clay at Hatfield House. I am the Ceramics Artist in Residence at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell. In addition to developing my own work, I teach adult classes as well as a range of workshops. www.karenmarks.co.uk. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Bridget Moore NEAC RBA RWS (British, b.1960). '3 of Spades'. Gouache on card, signed and titled verso. 22.3 x 14cm. Bridget Moore was born and grew up in Whitstable, Kent. She studied art at Medway college of design, Epsom school of Art and the Royal Academy Schools where she had Roderic Barrett as a tutor, 'whose invaluable advice about painting was like gold dust'. She graduated in 1984.She has exhibited work regularly in many galleries and shows across the UK including Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, The Discerning Eye, Sunday Times Watercolour competitions and Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions. She has had paintings in shows in America and has work in a permanent collection in Qingdao Art Museum in China. She was made an associate member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1986 and a full member in 1989, a member of the New English Art Club in 2005 and an associate member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 2013 and a full member in 2015. Bridget was made a member of the Small Paintings Group in 2020.Awards include the British Institution Fund, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award 1984, Edward Wesson ScholarshipCedar House Gallery Prize, Runner-up at Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2006, The D'Laszlo Medal at the RBA in 2010, RWS Patrons Prize. 'Having always kept a sketchbook that contain observations of things which catch the eye that spark an interest, can become the basis of a painting. Also drawing upon memory and imagination, my work is about evoking the essence of an atmosphere through the use of colour and shape and all the elements and stresses that go into making it.' Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Alexander Vorobyev (Russian, b.1952). 'King of Hearts', watercolour on paper, signed with initials within artwork. Image size 15.5 x 11cm. Russian Artist Alexander Vorobyev was born in Weimar, Germany, in 1952 where his father was stationed as an officer in the Soviet Army. Alexander spent most of his early life in Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan. There he studied and graduated from art school, and began his career as a designer. Four of his posters were bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 1991. Alexander has lived and worked in London since 1994. His paintings and drawings have developed and have been exhibited in Moscow, The Republic of Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, The United Kingdom, Canada and the United Stated. In December 2007 his works were exhibited at the Florence Biennale where he received a silver medal. In 2004 he was elected as a member of the Royal Watercolour Society.Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA (British, b.1934). 'Ace of Spades'. Acrylic / collage on Paper, signed and dated verso. 30 x 21.7cm. Frank Bowling has been hailed as one of the finest British artists of his generation. Born in British Guiana in 1934, Bowling arrived in London in 1953, graduating from the Royal College of Art with the silver medal for painting in 1962. By the early 1960s, he was recognised as an original force in London’s art scene with a style combining figurative, symbolic and abstract elements.After moving to New York in 1966, Bowling’s commitment to modernism meant he was increasingly focused on material, process and colour, so that by 1971 he had abandoned the use of figurative imagery. Bowling’s iconic ‘Map Paintings’ (1967-71), which include the stencilled landmasses of South America, Africa and Australia, embody his transition from figuration to pure abstraction. As a contributing editor at Arts Magazine (1969-1972), Bowling rejected the idea that ‘artists who happen to be black’ should be making overtly political or protest art and defended those engaged in abstraction. His critical writings represent a significant contribution to intellectual debates on ‘black art’. In 1969, Bowling organised, curated, and wrote the catalogue essay for the notable exhibition, 5+1, at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and Princeton University, which showcased the work of five African American abstract artists as well as his own recent paintings. Bowling exhibited six large ‘Map Paintings’ in a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1971. From 1973 to 1978, Bowling experimented with ideas of chance and ‘controlled accidents’, pouring paint from a two-metre height to create his visually arresting ‘Poured Paintings’.Bowling returned to London in 1975 but continued to spend significant periods in New York. His sculptural paintings of the 1980s include embedded objects and thickly textured canvases, and have been described as evoking landscape, riverbeds and geologic strata. Visible in his work, are legacies of both the English landscape tradition and American abstraction. Bowling shares Turner and Constable’s preoccupation with light, never more evident than in his dazzling ‘Great Thames’ paintings of the late 1980s. Bowling’s experiments with ammonia, gel, metallic and pearlescent paint create incandescent reactions on the canvas. His recent work encompasses collage, poured paint, stencilling, staining, and stitching canvases, bringing together techniques honed over a lifetime of painting.Bowling became a Royal Academician in 2005 and was awarded the OBE for services to Art in 2008. His work is represented in fifty collections worldwide and has been exhibited in 160 group and 100 solo exhibitions, including the 2017-19 touring exhibition, Mappa Mundi, and the hugely successful retrospective at Tate Britain in 2019. Bowling is the subject of a BBC documentary, Frank Bowling's Abstract World, which coincided with the opening of the Tate Retrospective. At the age of 86, Bowling works every day in his South London studio, accompanied by his wife, Rachel, other family members and friends, forever driven by his fascination with pushing the vast and radiant possibilities of paint.Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

AMEDNED DESCRIPTION. Colin Mier (British). 'Two of Spades', limited edition screenprint. Signed and numbered: 7/10. Image size 30 x 23cm"I graduated from the Royal College of Art and worked as a practising illustrator in publishing, advertising, print, packaging, animation and exhibition design.I also continued to develop my personal work which has been exhibited in the UK and internationally.During this period I also worked as a University Lecturer, Senior Lecturer Kingston University, Visiting Lecturer Kent Institute of Art and Design and Course Advisor at de Montfort University.Eight years ago I made the decision to discontinue illustrating and teaching and to focus solely on printmaking. I moved to Cornwall with my family in 2013 where I’ve continued to use screen-printing as a means to produce imagery, reflecting my vision of the environment in which I now live. I have been lucky enough to maintain a London base which enables me to continue working with my London contacts." Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

George Underwood (British, b.1947). 'King of Clubs', oil on canvas. Signed and dated 2020, painting size 88 x 63cm. Framed. George Underwood was born in 1947. George joined Beckenham Art School in 1963.At art school George Underwood became more and more interested in music. As a result he pursued a career in the music world. Along with life long friend David Bowie he made one record (The King Bees ) and also a solo record under the name Calvin James.After deciding that the music business was not for him, George returned to art studies and then worked in design studios as an illustrator. Initially he specialised in fantasy, horror and science fiction book covers.Many of George Underwood's colleagues in the music business asked him to do various art works for them. This led to George becoming a freelance artist. Art work for the first T Rex album and later David Bowie’s Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust album covers established him as a leading and creative art illustrator. Over this period George produced literally hundreds of book covers, LP and CD covers, advertisements, portraits and drawings.At the start of the 1970’s George Underwood started painting in oils. His paintingswere influenced at first by the Viennese School of Fantastic Realism –artists which includedErnst Fuchs, Rudolph Hausner and Eric Brauer. George regarded them as contemporary visionaries like Bruegel and Bosch. He was fascinated by their imaginative visions.Imagination is the key word in George's paintings. He rarely uses live models nowadays, prefering to invent people who inhabit their own personal world.George Underwood paintings are held in many private art collections. One of his art collectors, David Bowie, said: ‘George has, over the years, refined his work to the point where I would put him among the top figurative painters coming out of the UK right now. There’s a sublime isolation surrounding his subjects that really touches the viewer, the figures being both heroic and vulnerable simultaneously. There’s a timeless element in the choice of subject matter that overlaps with the mythical world of Odd Nerdrum, say. Now that a huge shift to painting is taking place, I would expect to see George’s name pushed further and further to the front’. www.georgeunderwood.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Jennie Jewitt-Harris (British, b.1962). '6 of Clubs'. Paint and collage on board. Signed. Image size 57.5 x 42cm. Jennie Jewitt-Harris gained her PhD in Fine Art from Brighton University/UCA and her Medical degree at King’s College, London. Jennie had two artworks selected for the 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018, completed a residency at Watts Artists Village, and her works are in private collections nationwide. Her solo exhibitions include In Residence at Watts Contemporary Gallery, Fideles Oculi at C&C Gallery, London; Time and Vision at One Paved Court, London and Anything But the Eyes at James Hockey Gallery, Farnham (this exhibition moves to The Mirror Gallery at South Hill Park in February 2021). She has exhibited in many group exhibitions, including at the London Art Fair and Affordable Art Fair, at the Cultural Olympiad in 2012, and as a duo with Aimee Jewitt-Harris at Blah Blah and Tandem at the Poly Gallery Falmouth. Jennie uses her knowledge of psychology and medicine to inform her practice which considers our relationship with time, connection with others and what makes us who we are, using a variety of media mainly collage and painting. She has appeared with her artworks on Great British Railway Journeys and has permanent photographic works on display at Guys Hospital and The Royal Free Hospital. Her artworks have been published by the British Medical Journal, The Psychologist and The Ophthalmologist magazines. Jennie combines her art practice with her role as Founder and CEO of Transplant Links. www.jenniejh.co.uk. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Jaki Foster (British). 'Joker'. Gouache on paper. Signed and dated verso, 30 x 21cm. Jaci is an artist and maker who uses different media to create works that tell stories. She has spent more than 30 years practicing, teaching and exhibiting, and completed an MA in Fine Art in 2013.Jaci rarely works in 2D, but this gouache painting demonstrates threads which run throughout her work, particularly the absence of colour (her stained glass being an exception to this rule!) This work is an exploration of positive and negative spaces. Whilst the black and white faces obviously illustrate a particularly current debate, the figures shown are actually two halves of a whole – the dichotomy of a single person – perhaps more the Fool from the Tarot, than a standard Joker. As such, this ambiguous figure is designed to be someone with whom the viewer can identify.Jaci’s work is always research led. Whilst these areas of exploration may seem many and varied, fundamentally she explores the human psyche and how it is that we create and project our own identities into a very confused world. www.jacifoster.co.uk. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Chris Gilvan-Cartwright (British). 'Jack of Spades'. Acrylic on cardboard. Signed, titled and dated verso. 44.5 x 34cm. A graduate from Central Saint Martins (BaHons first class), Academy Fine Art Cracow Poland ( Painting under Prof. Nowosielski) and University of Brighton (MA Fine Art). Winner of the Royal Overseas league Travel scholarship where he painted in India and Nepal. On his return he was commissioned to design the BBC Proms logos for two seasons. He has exhibited widely and performed at the Towner Museum of Contemporary Art and Jerwood Gallery Hastings. He is currently on the Turps Studio Painting programme at Turps Banana, London. For me painting operates as a hermetic portal between an instinctive inner and outer reality as if operating as a pineal body. The act of making a painting is important, one decision leads to another as the work becomes realised by applying paint directly wet into wet. I draw out the subject using whats at hand, brushes, charcoal, rags and fingers twisting and turning the paintings until images reveal a cliff edge or a space containing bathos and absurdity something both divine and decrepit. I invent painted narratives involving corporeal figures occupying preternatural landscapes and stage sets. They are falling or about to fall apart often in a state of transformation, reverie or catatonic breakdown referencing holy men or hermits drawn from northern european medieval painting.I have also performed as The Baron Gilvan. ‘A dispossessed Mitteleuropa aristocrat, landed up on the shores of Blighty clutching only his paintings and his hopes, The Baron is concerned with only the intensity of life itself, and the beauty of the ideal. He is raw, unflinching, and utterly sincere, a compact of all that is magnificent’.The Baron was originally conceived as a conduit for my own creativity, a governor of all of my works, the character through which it all must flow.www.thebarongilvan.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Robert Fitzmaurice (British, b.1960). 'Joker (et in Arcadia Ego)'. Acrylic on aluminium, unsigned with artists label verso. 28.2 x 12.1cm. My art involves figuration and abstraction to question ideas of power, gender roles & identity. The figures I create comply with pictorial rather than anatomical truth and represent archetypes rather than individual characters. The frontality of the figure and the shallow theatrical space in which it operates reflect my interest in the expressive shorthand that is found in votive art of all cultures. These factors contribute to a highly personalised pictorial language that despite being tethered to past traditions serves to destabilise meaning. Only the art of the past could use the human figure to personify a concept that was singular and undisputed. Today the relationships between a motif, meaning and its audience are in constant flux. By working with the formal potency of these compromised systems I arrive at visual statements where meaning is deferred to the viewer. This tension, between certainty and flux, provides me with a conceptual framework to process contemporary issues and site specific, socio-political histories. The exhibitions ‘Soldier’ (2018) and ‘No Eden’ (2019) both considered histories of conflict. ‘No Eden’ was held at the former USAF base at Greenham Common Control Tower and my research into the peace camps of the 1980s exposed me to the gendered power dynamics of militarism and feminism. These bodies of work considered ideas of the hero, the warrior, the childish man, and of the boy as both victim and perpetrator, as exemplified by ‘Little Boy’ the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Since then I have continued to make work that presents the male child as a problematic agent, suggesting innocence and hope for the future but also the potential for aggression. Alongside this body of work I am developing a new series of monochrome paintings where repeating figures are placed on a grid a specific number of times. The significance of this number is derived from the subject contained in the title. After adjusting the tone and contour of each these elements a larger figure, related to the smaller versions, take shape. These works embrace broader themes of identity, individualism and community. They also reflect my growing interest in contemporary discourse around the indexicality of painting and concepts of difference and repetition. www.fitzmaurice.works. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Christine Stark (British). '7 of Diamonds'. Mixed media on board. Signed, titled and dated 2020 verso. 17 x 12cm. Christine Stark is a painter who lives and works in London. She studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Exhibitions include The Royal Academy summer Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Society and The Creekside Open. Her work is in numerous private collections in the UK and abroad. www.christinestarkpainter.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Lizzie Riches (British, b.1950). 'Queen of Spades'. Oil on canvas, signed. 40 x 30cm. I was born in East London and grew up on the edge of Epping Forest which is where I first began to love natural history. I was a poor student at Art School, in fatc, it was probably the only period in my life when I didn't paint! I wasted that opportunity but I think I new that I had no interest in fitting in to anyone else's idea of what art should be. I had the great good fortune to join the Portal Gallery in the mid 1970s when they were still in Grafton Street London. Proponents of Naive and Outsider Art in those days, that unique institution enabled me to make a living as an artist. The gallery's style and taste changed over the years and although now online and at art fairs, the ethos of idiosynchratic painting continues. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

John Nolan (Irish). '10 of Hearts'. Acrylic on board, signed, titled and dated 2020 verso. 45.3 x 30cm. John Nolan was born in Dublin in 1958 and lives and works in Dublin. He is a second-generation artist, having been exposed to art from an early age by his father. Over the past 35 years John has established himself as an international artist whose work is characterized by his use of vibrant colour. As an artist he has worked with fellow artists, poets, musicians, designers, on various commissioned artworks.In 2016 he started working, and continues to do so, with a fashion designer in Canada, with his stylised motifs being reproduced on their fabrics.An international river cruise company commissioned his artwork for one of their ships which was launched in June 2016 on the Danube. The same company has now re-engaged John to provide artwork to adorn their latest vessel, which will be the largest river cruiser in the world, due for launch in May 2019.John shares his passion for painting with many. In addition to teaching adult painting classes, John also participates in special projects at several elementary schools in the area. His work is easily recognizable, and is known throughout Ireland and internationally, having been exhibited in many countries.In 2003, he won the distinguished honour of representing Ireland at the Biennale Internazionale Dell ‘Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy. His work is in many public and private collections throughout the world. The subject of John’s work is colour. He explores colour through his stylized/ pop art, contemporary and abstract styles. In 2008 he started a series of stylised paintings – Paying Homage – this is a work in progress which pays homage to the great masters. His paintings have been inspired by many artists. His father, in particular, was a huge influence on and source of inspiration for his work. John’s paintings transmit a positive, upbeat feeling to the viewer.For John, art is a visual language, an important means of communication. He creates each piece as a unique experience. “Art is for everyone. www.nolanart.com. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.

Louise Body (British). '7 of Spades'. Oil on board, signed, dated 2020 and titled. Image size 28 x 20cm. Louise graduated with a Fine Art degree in 1994. Since then her career as an artist has taken her on a journey with a 20 year detour into the design world, designing wallpapers and fabrics for her own company and other designer brands. Recently Louise has made the decision to pursue her love of painting and become a full-time painter, working from her studio in Hastings. A recurring subject in Louise’s work is the coastal landscape.‘Having lived by the sea for most of my life I am naturally drawn to using this in my work. I paint from memory, creating places through a balance between representational and abstract forms, as if combining the imprint of a photograph in your mind with the abstracted thoughts and feelings of a place.Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future. Please note that there is no buyers premium payable on this sale if bidding on Ewbank's Live, online fee of 6% inc VAT is payable bidding via the-saleroom.com. Added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are also waiving all vendor commission for the charity.